In this area, excavation has revealed stake holes and pits with Early Neolithic material in them. Pottery, flint tools, bones and seeds pre-dating Stonehenge have also been found there.

In the latter part of the 18th century, the barrows were included in the landscape design of Antrobus Estate. Trees were planted along the ridge and sometimes on top of the burial mounds. This made it more difficult to appreciate their importance in the Stonehenge landscape to which they belong.